Daily Python: PyCoder’s Weekly: Issue #350 (Jan. 8, 2019)

#350 – JANUARY 8, 2019
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The Ultimate Guide to Python Type Checking

In this guide, you’ll look at Python type checking. Traditionally, types have been handled by the Python interpreter in a flexible but implicit way. Recent versions of Python allow you to specify explicit type hints that can be used by different tools to help you develop your code more efficiently.
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Distributing Standalone Python Applications

Packaging and distributing Python applications is a hard problem if you’re not targeting developers (who are comfortable with pip install-ing from PyPI). Gregory’s detailed article covers the current options for app distribution, such as PyInstaller and the Nuitka compiler.
GREGORY SZORC

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An Update on Python’s Governance

A summary of the current state of Python’s governance as of the end of 2018 and what’s next, written by CPython core developer Brett Cannon. A must-read if you’re interested in the Python governance changes after Guido retired as Python’s BDFL.
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Setting Up Vim as a Python IDE

Installation instructions to provide an out-of-box Python IDE based on Vim and a curated set of community plugins.
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Python 3 Statement: Sunsetting Legacy Python Support

A pledge from various open-source projects to drop Python 2 support by 2020, plus progress updates. One more year left folks…
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Pandas Dropping Python 2 Support

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What Does a Person Mean Exactly When They Describe Code as Pythonic?

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What Do Employers Look for in a Python Developer?

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Reverse Engineering the Godot File Format

Parsing the pack file format of the free and open-source Godot game engine with hexdump and Python as a little personal challenge. Nice writeup!
GOKBERK YALTIRAKLI

Analyzing Medium Story Stats With Python

A Python toolkit for data science with Medium.com article statistics. I find Medium to be a terrible blogging platform (more examples) but Will’s toolkit demoed in this writeup looks helpful.
WILL KOEHRSEN

Modeling Polymorphism in Django With Python

Modeling polymorphism in relational databases can be a challenging task, but in this article, you’ll learn several modeling techniques to represent polymorphic objects in a relational database using the Django object-relational mapping (ORM).
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Develop a Real-Time App with Django Channels and Angular

In this course, you will learn how to create a ride-sharing application that incorporates an Angular front-end with a Django back-end in a Docker container. The focus is on real-time communication between client and server, using Django Channels and Redis to send and receive JSON messages via WebSockets. Learn more →
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PyPy for Low-Latency Systems

PyPy introduced two new functions (gc.disable() and gc.collect_step()) that allow for more control over the garbage collector, making PyPy viable for low-latency use cases.
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Experiments With the New Low Latency PyPy Garbage Collector

How to get more stable performance and avoid frame drops when developing games with PyGame and PyPy. The idea is to manually trigger a GC pass after every frame. Interesting writeup.
RENÉ DUDFIELD

Monkeypatching With Pytest

This blog post describes what monkeypatching is and provides two examples of using it with pytest. Includes example code on GitHub.
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Using the Pandas Category Data Type

Introduction to Pandas’ categorical data type and some of the benefits and drawbacks of using it.
CHRIS MOFFITT

List of Sample Web App Ideas

A great list of project ideas for project apps while you learn Python. Language agnostic, but all can (and should) be done with Python.
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Learn Python From the Top 50 Articles for the Past Year (2018)

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PyDev of the Week: Mike Grouchy

Interview with Mike Grouchy, one of the founders of PyCoder’s Weekly.
MIKE DRISCOLL • Shared by Ricky White

Using JupyterHub as a Generic Application Spawner

“You don’t have to use JupyterHub to spawn Jupyter notebooks. JupyterHub can in fact be used to spawn an arbitrary application, or when we are talking about Kubernetes, an arbitrary container image can be used for the per user environment that JupyterHub creates.”
GRAHAM DUMPLETON

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